The Sun. — London, England, 1864-07-13 00:00:00

The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Union Bank of London was held to-day—Mr. P. N. Laurie in the chair. The report, which was unanimously adopted, declared a dividend for the last six months at the rate of 15 per cent. per annum, and a bonus of 21 per cent, on the paid-up capital, being at the rate of 20 per cent. per annum, clear of income tax ; and after payment of the above, amounting to £78,000, there will remain a balance of £77,363 Cs 2d. A special meeting was also held for the purpose of considering the propriety of increasing the capital from £3,000,000 to X 4,000,000, by the creation of 20,000 new shares of £5O each. The resolution was unanimously agreed to, and it was also resolved to issue the shares at £3O, bearing a premium of £l5 each. The directors of the English, Scottish, and Aus tralian Chartered Bank have issued their report of the reeult of the operations of the Company for the half year ending 31st March in the Colonies, and 30th June in London. The balance of profit is £28,467 Os. 101, which the directors pro pose to appropriate as follows :—To the pay ment of a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, free of income-tax, on .£600,000, £18,000; towards the reduction of bank premises and furniture accounts, £1,000; to the reserved fund, £8,000; which will then amount to £43,000, leaving a balance of £1,467 Os 10d to be carried forward. We understand that the far-famed Oxford and Canterbury Halls are about to be merged into a joint-stock company under the Limited Liability Aot. This step is taken, not because there is any necessity to place the undertakings on a wider basis, for both are in a very flourishing condition, but to give Mr. Charles Morton, the present sole proprie tor, the opportunity of ultimately withdrawing from the cares of active management, although the com pany, in which he is a very large shareholder, will mot lose the benefit of his advice and co-operation. It would ba a work of supererogation to speak of the claims of these two music halls, eac h o f which, in dense localities, carry away the palm of patronage from all their competitors—the Oxford being nightly filled by a very superior class of West-end patrons, and the Canterbury Hall offering permanent attractions in its splendid picture gallery. But there are vouched documents put forth by Mr. Morton in anticipation of the intended change, which p beyond a il doubt the highly successful character lace of the undertaking from a commercial point of view. It appears that in admissions alone to the Oxford during the last three years, ending March 25th there h ave b een received not less than £43,385 , , and 'for the sa l e of refreshments during the same period £46,602. The certified accounts show an annual profit of upwards of 25 per cent. The: capital of the company is £120,000 in 8,000 she.res of £l5 each. We understand that one half of the capital has already been applied for. This is eminently an age for joint stock enterprise, and there is hardly a species of undertaking which does not take the shape of a public company. But the present venture has nothing of speculation in it. The company will simply have to step 'into Mr Morton's shoes, and carry on both undertakings in the same judicious spirit of enterprise, in order to continue and improve a past brilliant success, Two O'CLOCK. A t Paris, this day, according t o M r. Reuter's tole gram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 66f, 30c. I;uBiness in stocks and shares has not been very teti 'elY pursued today. But the several markets -prenent a firm appearance, the alterations in prices b eing very trivial. The Funds show a slight im- Prinent upon yesterday's quotations, Consols being gn --?.. I; for money, and 90,1 . 1 for the account. The New T hrees and R educed Annuities are 891 - .1 ; Fadia 5 ; do. 61 Per Cents., 1041 I ; Enfaced 5 per Cents., 51i. dis. 104 t per Cents,, 1141 ; and the Bonds, There is not much ME,rket, and the animation in th e F ore i gn a ;lies of 2 per ce"nt 1Y mo vement of imp or t ance i s 1 in the C on f e d erate Loan, viz., to 73k 741 ; Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 681: 6 91 ; ditto Consolides,so I. ; M exican 284 I ; ditto New, 26i I ; Greek, " Ex. all, 24 1 :- a ; Spanish Passive, 29 i ; and Russian, 84 1. Business in the Railway Share Market has con tinued moderately active, and Prices have in several Great Northern instances shown increased firmn ess. A. Stock, North Western, North Eastern (Berwick), and South Eastern have each advanced i ; an d Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln .-1. The Fo re i gn and Colonial lines re about f ormer quotations. mai n dull, at 13 ank and Misceelleneoas Shares continue in very limited request, and the few dealin gs entered into have led to no material change in values. European arid Americen Finance Corporation are quoted 1 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 &31 per Cent. Do £500 Do £lOO and £2OO Bank England Stk, 5f per Ct. Du Acevuat — INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 2141 12 14 Do Account Do 5 per Cent. July, 1670 .... Do Account.... Do 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888,... -. Do Certificates Do Eufaced Paper, 4 per Cent Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 lO4l Do 51 per Cent., May, 1879 Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1868 .. Do Bonds .61,00 U ...... - Do under . 4 :1,000 .. FOREIGN FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES, Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent •• . Do 1859 .. Brazilian 5 per Cent Do 4 per Cent., 1852-58-69 Do 163 Buenos Ayres 6 per B Cent - Do Account — Do I per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) — Milian 6 per Cent — Col Do 3 pei Cent. .. — ombian 6 per Cent Cuba, 6 per Cent. — Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do 5 per Cent. 1864 Equador New C onso lid a t e d, 1 per C ent — ~ • MgYPtlan 7 per:Cent.. 'Do, Second Issue - .. 102 k Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. 241 5, Do Account Do Coupons lOl Do Account... Guatemala 5 per Cent. Do 1839 and 1859 Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent .... Do Account Do 6 per Cent, 1864 Do French Scrip, Ex 25f 20e • dis Do 6 per Cen*. Anglo-French . ... Ditto Scrip, £23 paid — Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada — Do 2 per Cent. Do Deterred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) — Peruvian 41 per Cent Do 3 per Cent. (U r ib arren ) • • Db 41 per Cent,, 1862 Do Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account • • Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3.. Do Account Do 1863 Scrip, £4O paid Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Do 41 per Cent., 1850 .. Do 3 per Cent 1859 Do 5 per Cent, 1862 874 i Do Anglo-Dutch .... Do Scrip, £3O paid pm Sardinian 5 per Cent ...... Do Account - Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded lO Do Account .... Swedish, 4 per Cent Do Scrip, £6O p a id — lim turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 9Ol Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account — Do £IOU Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account .. Do £lOO Bonds — Do 1863 Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Dividends on the above payable in London Austrian, 6 per Cent,. Ex. 10 Florins. -- Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f... — Do Account .. Dutch 2i per Cent. Ex. 12 Gail — Do 4 per Cent. Certificates French Rentee, 2 per Cent Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs , 67f Do Account Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. Fiedmontese, 5 per Cent,, Ex, 25f — THREE O'CLOCK, Consols Money ~, Do Account..., CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—This Day. OLD COURT. THE MURDER AT THE NEW, CATTLE MARKET. Frederick Charles Bricknell, aged 22, a respectable-loek ing young man, late a waiter at the Lion Tavern, in the New Cattle-market, was indicted with the wilful murder of Jane Geary, also a servant at the same tavern, on the night of the Bth of June last. Mr Giffard appeared for the prosecution, and Mr Sleigh defended the prisoner. The learned counsel having briefly opened the case, called the following witnesses : Mr Henry Keeble, of the Lion Tavern, said I assist my uncle. I was in the bar about half-past eleven. I saw the prisoner come down stairs with a knife in his hand; ho said, "I've done it, and here, Mr Henry, is the knife." I took hold of him and said, "You scoundrel, come down stairs." The knife was covered with blood. I brought him down and left him in charge of a policeman, I placed the knife on the counter. The knife produced is the one I took from the prisoner. Mary Platen, chambermaid at the Lion, deposed that she and deceased were going up stairs to bed—they both slept in the same room—but when we got to the second landing I recollected that a gentleman lodging in the house was net within. I had but partly got down stairs when I heard a scream, and I rot urned up stairs. As I was going up the prisoner was coming down. I seized hold of his collar and said " You shan't go a step further," Mr Keeble came up and took hold of the prisoner. I then went up stairs and found the deceased lying on her face. Richard Gardiner, head waiter at the Lion Tavern, said—l heard the scream and ran upstairs immediately afterwards ; I passed Mr Keeble and the prisoner on the stairs, and on arriving at the second landing I found the deceased lying on her face ; I raised her head, and held it up until a surgeon came. The deceased never spoke, and only shivered once. I afterwards saw a deep wound in her breast. Cross-examined by Mr Sleigh—l never noticed that the prisoner of late exhibited symptoms of despondency and melancholy. Charles Hill, boots at the Lion, said it was my duty to sit up at night. The prisoner called me about 11 o'clock. Previous to my going out of the room, the prisoner said, " Good night, Charles, perhaps I may see you again, I may come down for something." I heard a scream, and I ran up stairs and saw the prisoner and Mr Feeble. Pri soner said, "Oh Hill, I've done it," I recollect on a Sun day night, about a fortnight beforo this, a cousin of the deceased was there. The cousin, I, and another man had• a glass of bJer together. The prisoner was present, and pointing to the cousin said, " That man has, broken my peace of mind." Cross-examined by Mr Sleigh--The prisoner at times was very desponding, and appeared to be very fond of the deceased, and about nine months ago the deceased appeared partial to him, but latterly not so much. Police -constable Lover took the prisoner into custody. I told him be was charged with stabbing the deceased. Ile replied, "I'll tell you all about it." 1 cautioned him, after which he said, "She is the only girl that I ever liked, and, poor girl, she has got it, and I hope she is dead." A gen tleman then came into the room, and shaking his head, said, " She's gone." Prisoner said he would rather she was dead than any one else should have her." Inspector Richardson said when the statements of the witnesses were read over to the prisoner, he said, " I did it. I loved the girl, and that was the reason I did it." Mr George Tait, surgeon, said I was called in to see the deceased. She was then quite dead. The incised wound on the upper part of the left breast was the cause of death, the instrument with which it was indicted had punctured the heart. Mr Sl e i g h h aving addressed the jury for the prisoner, The jury, after about five minutes' deliberation, returned a verdict of Guilty. The Clerk of Arraigns then asked the prisoner, in the usual form, whether he had any thing to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him. Ho merely shook his head. The learned Judge s aid—Frederick Bricknell, you have been found guilty, on the clearest evidence, of the crime of which you are charged, and no person could reasonably entertain a doubt to the contrary. The law protects the weak against wrongful violence, and that law condemns you to make atonement by death, that your case may become a fearful warning to others. I hope that you will devote the short time now allotted you to live to repentance and prayer, as you can expect no mercy this Bide of the grave, My duty is to pass upon you a fearful sentence—namelh that Sou be taken hence to the place from whence you came, and from there to a place of execution; that you be there hanged by the neck until you be dead, and that your body be a,terwards buried within the precincts of the prison in which you are confined. 1113 y God Almighty have mercy upon you, . _ At the conclusion of the sentence the Rev. Mr Davis, the ordinary of Newgate, said "Amen," and the prisoner, who had maintained the most perfect indifference through out the whole of the trial, left the dock apparently quite unconcerned, BraTisii POSSESSIONS. Closing art Railways raid./ Price. Business dont 100 I,t'antic &St LEINITCIICt all 59 61 Sk JBoni.,Baroda&•Cent Ind 100 101 i 162, 101 2} t Gu. 5 per cent.. 20 Do. New . ...... ....• 8 20 Do. E. ShareS 431 Sonalo and Laze Huron all 31 6 10 Do. Preference .... all 8 9 , 00 5 Buffalo,Brant,&Godria (1. p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 137 100 77 82 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 77 81 100 Do. do. June 1, 187,: 100 77 82 st Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lin, 100 98 Ito at Cape Town .h Dock Scrii 100 98 100 stock Eastn. Bengal go. sp. • 100 104 106 stock toast gu. sp. c. 100 1024 ), 31 1031 22 20 Do. do. (4 E:zt l5 1 p 20 Do. do. II do. stook Grand Trunk of Canada 100 19 20 100 Do. Ist Prof. Bondi.. all 72 74 100 Do. do. del erred. ..... all 61 64 100 Do. 28 Pref. Bonds.. all 66 68 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 55 57 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock . all 48 5: 100 Do. do. deferred...—. all 43 45 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock.... all 29 31 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 28 39 stock Gt•lndiaPonln.gua.sp.c 100 103 104 104 31 90 Do. New gua. sp. c... 12 1 f p 121 Do. January, 1862 .. stook Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 100 10'2 201 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 91 10 91 201 Do. New 18 101 1 0 1 , i 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 89 01 89 90 100 Do. 54 p. o. do. '77-8.... all 82 81 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 1 d fp 2 stook Madras, guar., 5p.0. .. 100 1001 104 1002 stock Do. 41 p. o. Extension 100 95 97 stock DC.li d 0........ 100 90 92 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- stock Melb•Corp. 6p. o. Bnds. 100 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 57 59 100 Do. 7p. 0. Mortg. Bds. all SO Newßrunswick a Cando Claes A and Li. Rl.C'dafi pc Ist pt bds 100 82 84 stock Soinde (100 1 1011 10:4 stock Do. Delhi I ' 100 1 1004 104 103 20 Do. ' EJI 2 i pr 1p et Do. Punjaub( all 1004 1014 Do. Do. •• stook Do. Indus. St. no.) 1.100 94 98 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. t,azi.Uov. 6 p.o.Ja &J ul) 1 877-81 •-........100 100 102 1 0 0 Do. Ap. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 102 (04 D 0.6 p. c. Mar. Si: Sept. 100 102 104 Do. 6p. o. Jan.&.luly. 10C 83 00 87 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 88 90 Cape G. Hope, 6 p 0,1874 100 104 106 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 107 109 Do. 1820 100 109 111 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 109 107 109 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 111 113 'Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 101 106 'Natal Gov. 6 per cont.. 130 1,6 109 N.B.Gov.fsp.c.J a.&Jul) 100 99 101 Do. 13 p. c.Ap. & Oot. 100 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p o.,18b• 100 97 (9 —• Du. sp. e.,18•L1 to 137 f 100 97 98 Do. d0.,1888 &upwde 100 97 98 —• New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 106 108 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling*, 1875 lO3 100 102 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO 103 105 1011 S. Ails G6p.0.1878,4 up lOO 105 108 , Vto.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 to 6 n.o. An.&Oot.. lOO 1091 110 1 1101 - - - - BRITISH MINES. 2 uarnbrian Consol. Gold 1 id Clifford Amalgamated 31 33 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 570 eBO East Bassett (Illogan) 80 65 67 ; East Clogau Gold Ltd ;East Caradon ..... 2.14.6 28* 294 lEast earnßrea....... !E. W'lltuesel(Tavistk.) 8.13.0 44 5 44 - .Gam.aSt.Aubyn(Gwen 58/ 7 9 Great South To b lons 17 8 2% 2/ —G. Wheal Vor Walston. 40 29 31 ;Grenville I llerc- Foot -Foot ...... 8.12 88 40 ilingston Downs 4.18.0 31 44 Lady Bertha gargaret (lJny Lelant 9k 8 10 Clarke Valley.. 4 ityndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 1* I 6 New Seton l9l 75 85 • North Downs 24 14 2 N.Wh'i Basset(lllozan, 3.1.0 14 11 ' North Wheal Cro* Par Consols (St. Blazey 20 l'rovidence(Uny Lehat.)l 10.0.7 38 40 South Caradon(Bt.Cleer. It 455 175 S. Carn Brea (Illogan) — i.Wheat Fran. (Mogan . 18.18.9 45 tO I Stray Park ramar Silv.& Lead Min — Croft 9 36* 174 I West Basset (Illogan) l4 9 10 ' W C: radon (Liskeard; 5 15 17 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) 5* b 74 92i Wheal Buller(ltedruth) 10 17 29 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 Wheal Luckott Wheal Mary Ann ;Men ) 8 13 15 Wheal 3eton 584 220 230 Wheal Trelawney (Lis ) 7 19 21 Wheal Union 3.17 i 14 2 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great lcorthern, 44 per cent., red. at 10 per cent. pm., 105 Midland, Leicester and Hitchin 4 per et., - 93 North Eastern (G.N.E. 4 per cent. pret) lot FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Great Luxembourg, 101 FOREIGN lIIENEB. Cobro Copper, 34 St. Jam (lel itey (lim.), 33 BANKS. Agra and 31 isterman's (11m,), 140 Ditto (£4),:274 7 Alliance (lano. 67 Gi Ditto, new, 0/ Anglo Austrian, 71 7 Anglo-Italian, limited, 51 Australasia, 721 Bank of otago,;llm., 4 Bank of Wales, 1im.,:18 Brazilian and Portuguese, lim.. 131 British and Californian, lira ., 51 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and:China, 401 Ditto, new, 381 City, 146 7 Commercial Bank of India and the East, Ditto, issued at 10 pm., 281 Consolidated Bank, lim., 12 English and Swedish, Rm., 161 European Bank, lim. 131 1 1 Hindustan, china, and Japan (Um.), Ditto, new, 22 Imperial Bank (lim.), 38} Imperial Bank of India, china, and Japan, lim., 51 5 Imperial Ottoman, 181 18 Land Mortgage Bank of India, Sm., 6 5; 1 6/ London B of Mexico and S. America,lim 6l London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, Ditto, new, 81 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 25 London and Colonial (lim.), 221 1 London and County, 721 3 21 London, Hamburg, Cont. Exchange, lim., 151 London and Northern, lim., 231 3 London and IA estminster, 001 100} Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 271 New South Wales, Ditto, new, 431 Oriental Bank Corporation, 59.3 Union of Australia, 57 1 61 Union of London, 624 MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Mort. Lar.d and Finance, lint ; 3} British Indian Tea, lim., 8} Ceylon Company, iO4 Commercial Union, Insurance, 8i Continental Union Gas, lim., Credit Mob!.lier, 8i Discount Corporation, 15 / East Indian Financial, lim., 51 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lim., Financial Corporation, 5k Fore-street Warehouse, sin, 8} 8 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, 11m., 71 Hudson's Bay, 174 it Imperial and Mercantile Credit Asso., lim. 9 8} International Financial society, lim., 10/ Joint Stock Discount. lim., 74 London Financial Association, lim., 28i Ditto, new, 2r} M idras Irrigation and Canal, Royal Nail Steam, 90 Ottoman Financial Association, 1iza.,:41 ; Warrant nuance, Iron., 61 , I It would seem as if Grant had directed his choice studying, not the art of war, but the New York papers, whose pet scheme of starvation he evidently adopted, into Richmond there run not only four principal lines pf railway, but also a canal of un usual magnitude, and a river flowing for 150 miles through a region untotiehed by the war. It is a very hopeless project to starve a city so s it ua t e d, and whieh it was impossible to invest. But if this were the design the measures taken were singularly ill-judged. Instead of withdrawing a corps from Butler, he should have been strengthened so as to overthrow Beauregard and ee'ze the Southern lines, while Grant, holding on to his intrenched position, detained Lee in his own front. It was clear, that if he himself aaoved, Lee would be free to respond with the advantage of an inner line, probably it was hoped that the fleet might render assistance, as at Vicksburg, when the opera. tions were connected with the river. If this was the idea, it is a curious result that Grant should order vessels to be sunk to protect his own fleet from the enemy. A New York paper of June 29, when deploring the uselessness of the navy, observes, " It fin been discovered that God Almighty had not ma d e th e ;Tames river to fit the Federal gunboats." position is even less envi a bl e th an t h at of ng pause he has su ff ere d a dis astrous repulse, and fa;;ed to carry any point o f h r e a r n m t. an' A s fter a Johnson's position. If care.ied, his next marsh would bring him to the Chattohoohee, a formidable river to cross, and beyond it Atlanta would be found just as strongly fortified as Lynchburg prcved to be. It might have been wise had Johnson drawee him further into the State. As it is, Sherman's position is full of peril. Sturgiss, moving to his aid from Memphis with a column of 8,000 men , su ff ere d th e most thorough defeat since Bull Run, none of his infantry escaping except As fugitives. Forrest, after this victory on his road, wilt soon be heard of in Sherman's rear, and part of the force no longer needed beyond Missis s i pp i i s no w pressing on t o Georgia. lt the appears a choice for Sherman whether to make a disastrous retreat or to hold on and be hemmed in by armies in front and rear. Meantime another e nemy is in the field of whom the Federals have lon g been warned in vain. " flank movement" or Bankruptcy approaches " base" will stop "change o with the effect with steady step, and no it. Mr. Chase has set at defiance every rule of finance and every dictate of prudence. He has ingeniously contrived system of compound inflae backs, h e has contrived to swell the currency by means of his funded stock s. e, au. creating what are .6 National Bank s , ,, tion. Not content calledof his green. he made his stocks the basis of another mode of augmenting the cur rency. For the time he th us produced an artifie cial market for his securities, well knowing the ultimate consequence, It was "Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow e ee diee: , The machine might as well take its chance of crash at the bottom of the hill as be upset at once in the attempt to control it. There are, however, some things that will read badly on the page of future history. The Federal Government has invented. a numb er o f cr i m es un heard of before. It new a crime for a New York merchant to buy or sell_ gold on th e public exchange, he may be sent to gaol for it. It is a crime for him eo buy a bill of exchange, a n d Pay for it by a check on his banker; h e may be sent to gaol for this sin. It is a crime to do what prudence often demands—that is, to contract for exchange to be delivered when a remittance will have_to be rmade ; he may be sent to gaol for this wickedness. as there ever in the re cords of China or Japan a law in which the rights of persons, property, liberty, are ao ignominiously de based P And merchants of the city of New York submit to have such laws as th ee© made for them To make the matter worse, there is the s illi ness of such things. Gold was at 95 when this Act was passed to depress it, and a few days afterwards it was at 145 premium. The ostrich that thinks to become invisible by sticking its head in the sand is about as near the mark as the legislators who imagine they can arrest the depteeiation of an in flated currency by such means as these. Fe T de h r e al g S oo to d cks. With terrible loss people Germany Continue to buy of on what they have bought, they propose to,nuend the m a tt er by going on. Mr, Chase's la s t l oan Way be bought today to pay 14 per cent. interest or more. With gold at 258, the Lincoln dollar is Worth is Bd, which looks tempting. But these German Federals might do well to inquire how the Union paid a similar debt—that of the Revolutionary War. That debt was trilling for the population and resources of the day when contrasted with the Present sum total. Yet when the excitement of the War ceased, though the war was entirely successful, it was found im. practicable to pay, an d the settlement that was made by no means amounted to so much as two pence in the dollar all round. Renee even from is 83 there is very considerable room to tumble. Assuming that the utter failure of the Federal operations cannot now be far distant, the question that arises of chief interest to Europe is whether the event will end t h e war. Undoubtedly it is difficult to imagine how such financial machinery can revolve much longer, for prices rise in response to gold, and the enormous expenditure of the Go vernment increases daily. Its issues of paper in one form or other mast, therefore, grow more pro. fuse. But the stock of belief in the most credulous of all civilised peokle is not to be exhausted in a day. Henry Batho, said—Last night I went into an oyster shop with Midmer, and while there saw the two organ men and the prisoner pass the latter flourishing a stick. Midmer spoke to the prisoner about flourishing the stick, and the prisoner then clawed at Midiner's face, saying he could speak good English. I went with Midmer into a public house, and on coming out in about five minutes, we found the prisoner and the two men waiting at the public-house door. The prisoner then walked up to Midmer and caught hold of him—following him across the road to do se —and Midmer and prisoner closed and fell. Midmer cried out " Harry lam stabbed." I then went ;and pulled the pri soner di Midmer, and while doing so the prisoner stabbed me under the bladebone, there being a wound six inches in length, and also in the muscle of the arm about three inches in length. I did not at first know that I was stabbed, it was so momentarily done, and I struck the pri• soner with my injured arm. Mr Tyrwhitt—That accounts, I suppose, for the blood on ' the prisoner. Batho—lt does, sir. I then became faint from the loss of blood, but contrived to walk to the Middlesex Hospital. A certificate was handed to Mr Tyrwhitt from the hos pital, stating the injuries the complainant had received. Mr Henry Francis Martyn, tobacconist, of 54, Rathbone place, proved picking up the knife. There was blood on it at the time, and he gave it to the police. Mr Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner for a week. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before Sir J. P. Wilde and a Special Jury.) WALDY AND WALDY AND THE EARL OP BUCHAN. The Queen's Advocate and Dr. Spinks appeared for the petitioner ; Dr. Swabey and Mr, Webster for the respon dent; and Mr. M. Chambers, QC., and Mr. Inderwick for the co-respondent, This was a suit instituted by the husband for a dissolu tion of marriage on the ground of his wife's adultery with the co-respondent, and he also claimed damages. The re spondent and co-respondent appeared and pleaded denial. The Advocate, in opening the case, said that the peti tioner was a gentleman of considerable property and a ma gistrate, residing. near Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, and the co-respondent was Stuart Erskine, Lord Cardross, com monly known as the Earl of Buchan. The parties were married on the 25th October, 1852, at Trinity Church, Marylebone. They lived very happily together, having one child, a daughter, issue of the marriage. The co-respon dent was introduced to the respondent by a Mr Dickson, a mutual friend, at a race meeting in Yorkshire, when it ap peared that the co• respondent took advantage of this intro duction to commit the most heartless adultery, by availing himself of the weakness and vanity of the respondent. Evidence would be given that in May and June, 1863, adultery had been committed at 6. Midland-street, Derby, ice. The respondent went to visit a man at Darlington, and delayed his journey to stay at Darlington. The circumstance which led to the discovery of the adultery was caused by Lord Buchan writing to Mrs Waldy at her nephew's, and this letter the wife of the latter opened by mistake, through which he ascertained the intimacy that subsisted between the respondent and Lord Buchan. This was lin ruediately communicated to the petitioner, and the present proceedings were consequently instituted. He (the Queen's Advocate) would not ask for any specific amount of damages, but would leave that question for the jury. During his address the learned counsel read several letters from the respondent to the petitioner, which proved that they lived on affectionate terms. Another letter from the wife was also read, in which she admitted her criminality, and prayed to be forgiven. Let ters from the co-respondent showing the intimacy between them were also produced. The marriage was proved. Mr Dickson was then called, and proved having intro duced Mrs Waldy and Lord Buchan to each other. George Cleghorn said he was waiter at the King's Head, Darlington, and knew Lord Buchan. On one occasion, when he entered the room, ho saw Mrs Waldy and Lord Buchan sitting as close together as possible. She came to the hotel with two young ladies, who went out and left her and Lord Buchan together, and they had lunch by them selves. Margaret Craig, lady's maid, gave some criminetive evidence. May Fritchley, a chambermaid at the Midland Hotel, Derby, proved both Lord Buchan and Mrs Waldy having slept at the hotel in one bed. Some other evidence was called, which closed the peti tioner's cue. There was no evidence called for the defence. • The jury after about 20 minutes' deliberation, found that the adultery had been committed, and assessed the damages at £2,000. XONEy MARKET AND COMMIRCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. In the general discount market there is not much business in progress, the mercantile com munity being induced to hold over their bills until after the Bulk Court to-morrow, in the hope of a reduction of 1 per cent. in the official minimum. The lowest rate out of doors is now 5! per cent., but there is a very large supply of floating capital. There was no material change in the foreign exchanges yesterday. prem. ; St. Nazaire, par fl prem. ; Ebb, Vale, 1 prem. ; and Maritime Credit Company, 11 2 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 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No Northern general has equalled Grant in perseverance and recklessness of life, but in military judgment, the most essential of all qualities in a commander, he seems below the level of most of his discarded predecessors, No two men could be found who had more signally proved their military incompetence than Butler and Siegel. These were the subordinates he approved. .A third, whose miserable failure in South Carolina gave him some claim to compete with them in imbecility, was Hunter, and he of course was the next appointment. .The judgment displayed in these arrangements has been carried out in his operations in the field. With out one exception Grant has failed in every movement of the campaign. He failed to get between Lee and Richmond, his object when he crossed the Rapidan ; he failed to reach Spottsylvania before him, or to break him there, or to pierce his lines at Cold Harbour. He failed to seize Fort Darling, or to surprise Petersburg, or to enter Gordonsville, or to reach Lynchburg. He has indeed succeeded in tearing up rails at several points, putting the Rich mond Government to the trouble of replacing them, which is usually done within 24 boors by a gang of men kept on the alert. With the Spring wasted, men, he occupies to-day a posi mßichmond as Malvern-hill, t a wi n oh d ue r a t ewl binoi c s e s t o ar f sa t 3 n f O sa , p O r ft.(); from Richmond as Malvern-hull, where his transports might have placed him on the Ist of March without his b urn i ng a car t r idge. Th e siege of Richmond has miserably come down to that of Petersburg, and the general who undertook to surround the copital is unable to invest so much as half of the southern side of a little county town. When, after his terrible repulse at Cold Harbour, it became necessary for Grant to find some other point of attack, Malvern-hill at once presented these advantages. It was within 10 miles of Rich mond, with no difficulty on the way:; it was clear of the swamp, and the James river brought supplies right up to it. It could be made impregnable against attack in front, and there could be no enemy in the rear. Discarding all these considerations, _ _ _ take the south side of the Jame s r i ver, which with rare obtuseness of judgm ent, pre sented the following requirements,— first, to take Grant decided to Petersburg, which could not bo left in his rear ; then to cross the Appomattox; then to force back the enemy over more than 20 miles and several strong positions; then to take Fort Darling, which could --en to besiege the suburb of Richmond, which is so u th o f the J ames not be left on his right flunk; th en river. Having effected all this, he would find en impassable river between himself and the city, and not only does an attack from the south involve two sieges instead of one, but the main city, standing on high ground. commands the southern bank of the river, which would be untenable if it were ever gained. It is true some shells might bs thrown into the city, but they would be returned, and Richmond Greek fire than C is ha n r o les m to o n r . e to be terrified by There is the difficulty with men as well as money and if Congress had persisted in its first decision to retain the 300 dols. commutation clause, the war must have ceased for want of men. This, however, they expunged on hearing of Sherman's defeat, and now every man who is draughted must serve or find a substitute. Men will there fore be obtained so long as the people submit to be led like sheep to the slaughter. Both the candidates for the Presidency are pledged to continue the war, and the only rivalry in their plat forms is which shall display the less reason and the more vindictive spirit. There is indeed a Peace party, but as yet feeble. That which is wanted is the moral irfluence of Europe in its support. Let the maritime Powers conjointly tender their mediation. If rejected by the officials, it would give the Peace party the rally ing point it needs. We are now at a crisis in this terrible hi,3tory. The incompetent man whose elec tion and folly opened these floodgates of fratri cide has gibed and jested out his term of office. is another period of foar years to bo devoted by a Christian people to such work as this ? 'We have abstained from uttering a word of protest, even of advice. Are our interests in the future of America so small that we can remain indifferent for ever, or is the spectacle of 10,000 men sent week by week to untimely graves one that it becomes us longer to behold without so much as an effort to bring it to a close ? POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, MARLBOROUGH-STREET Two PERSONS STABBED BY AN ITALIAN.--AR Italian, whose name was understo9d to be Luigi Panni, and who is said to be an organ player, was charged before Mr Tyrwhitt with stabbing two young men in the employ of Mr John Knott, tripe dresser, of Walker's-court, Pulteney-street, named John Midmer and Henry Batho. John Midmer, whose, head was bandaged, said—Last night a littlo after 12 I was in Oxford-straet, near the corner of Charles-street, seeing a companion home. We went into an oyster shop, and on coming out saw two organ men with organs, and the prisoner with a stick, which he was flourish ing about. I said to the prisoner, "Mind what you are about—you will put somebody's eyes out." We then walked sway and went into a publichouse to have a glass together, and the prisoner and the two men followed us. At the time a policeman was standing near, but on our coming out of the publichouse the policeman had gone. The prisoner then came up and seized me by the arm and turned me round. I asked the prisoner why he did it, and told him to go away, as I did not wish to have any words with him. The prisoner then took a stick from one of the organ men and made an attempt to strike me, but I caught hold of the stick and prevented him. One of the organ men then took the stick from the prisoner, and the prisoner put his hand into his pocket and took out a knife, and cut me on the cheek. I fell down, and the prisoner fell on me, and tried to cut me again. My companion took the pri soner from me, and the prisoner stabbed or cut my com- panion twice. Mr Ty rwhitt—Did you see the prisoner attempt to cut your companion? Midmer—l did; with the same knife. The police came, and we were they taken to the Middlesex Hospital, where our wounds were dressed. Mr. Tyrwhitt—ls the other person who was injured here ? Midi:nu—He is. The prisoner, when I first spoke to him about flourishing the stick, put his hand in my face, and said he could speak good English. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Did you do aaything in the way of abusing the prisoner ? Midmer—Nothing of the kind, sir. I only spoke to him about flourishing the stick. T ' MD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, (Er ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) ABINGDON RACES—Tms DAY. ABINGDON STAKES. Editha Vest colt Quiz Four ran. NURSERY HANDICAP. Aristocrat . . Latitude Crew ... . Twelve ran. SCURRY STAKES. Regenerator Magic Annie SWEEPSTAKES. _ _ Lord of Manor Birdlime .. 2 Carves _ . 3 Seven ran. STAND PLATE. Regenerator 1 Jano Shore • Vision 3 Fifteen ran. Winner objected to on account of the owner being in the forfeit list. ARRIVALS AT STAMFORD, Disappointment, Birdfinder, King Charming, Suburban, Lady Maud, Village Belle, Little Stag, East Lancashire, Early Purl, Amelia, Deception, Little Savage, Merry Hart, l3irchbroom, Young Rapid, Durham, Wicket, Virtuous' Walloon, Spice, Alabama, Clairvoyante, Harlequin, Tippler' Rattler, Teneriffe, Siberia, Bradamante, Tomfoolery, and Jack Ketch. 105 110 35 37 WESTMINSTER. GENTLEMANLY AMUSEMENT.-Mr Sidney Vare Alston and Lieut. Rutherford, of the Royal Marine Barracks, Woolwich, were charged before Mr Dayman with wilfully damaging the lining of a Hackney carriage, the property of Mr. Henry Townsend, cab-proprietor. Thomas Weather, cab-driver, No. 3, St. George's-road, said that about 5 o'clock that morning he was hired by the prisoners to go to Sussex-street, Pimlico. Another gentle man and two females entered the cab. He had got as far as the corner of Warwick•street with them when they all were about to leave. Upon the prisoner coming out of the cab witness observed the lining of the roof hanging down. Ho called the prisoners' attention to the lining, when one of the females said that it was cut by Alston : , He gave the prisoner into custody. The females and the other man ran away. Witness offered to take a sovereign for the damage. Alston offered 55., which witness refused to accept. The other prisoner was insensibly drunk. Mr Dayman—What did Alston say to the charge? Witness—He said that the lining was torn when he got in the cab. But the cab had only been relined about a fort • night. I received no fare, Mr. Townsend, 2, Regent-street, Westminster, stated that ,the damage to the_cab and the cost of repairing it would be about 225. The prisoner Alston was fined 225., Rutherford was discharged, and the cabman was allowed 108. THAMES. s i Nai,•.LAR ANNOYANCE—KNOCKING VE A RELIEVING OFFICES.— , TyIia Donovan, an Irish midwife, about 60 years of age, ano: dwelling at No. 18, St. Dunstan's-place, Ratcliffe, was brougi,! , before Mr Paget, charged with wil fully disturbing Mr Johi; Wright at an unseasonable hour and unlawfully knocking at his door. Mr John Wright, relieving ogeer of the Hamlet of Rat cliff, in the Stepney Union, states that a quarter past 3 o'clock this morning he was disturbed by a loud knocking at the door 'of his home, No. 11, York-,square, Stepney. He leaped from his bed, and before he could open the door of his room the knocking was repeated. He partially dressed himself and went to the street door. The knocking never ceased until he:opened:the:door. He saw the prisonerholding on by the knocker and very much intoxicated. He asked hbr what she wanted, and she said, What about that case of Ansell, on Monday ?" He told her his office hours at the Ratcliff Workhouse were from 10 to 12 in the day, and she must come then if she had any business with him. She said she was debilitated, and wanted to go home. He told her he had no water for her, and that she must go home. She refused to leave. A police-constable made his appear ance, and he gave the prisoner into custody. On the 9th of Aprit last elle knocked him up at half-past 3in the morn ing, and said si l o wanted an order for the doctor of the Union to attend a po'r woman in labour. He gave her an order, which she never mode use of. In answer to Mr Paget as to the motive which in,luced the prisoner to make such unseasonable calls, Mr Wrig:Zt said the prisoner called upon him some time ago, and sais:l she was in great distress. He relieved her with bread and oatmeal and went to her dwelling-house. There were no indicatiori.. B of die tress, her husband could afford bacon for his breakfast and roast mutton for his dinner. He refused, of course, to re lieve her any more, and she adopted this system of annoy ance. The prisoner, in defence, said she was exceedingly de bilitatekthis morning. Mr Paget—Yes. You were debilitated, ea you term it, from drink. You were intoxicated at 16 minutes past three this morning. The prisoner—No, I was not. I have lived in the hamlet of Radcliff since 1820. Mr Paget said the prisoner was an exceedingly bad cha racter, and wanted to live on the industry and hard earn ings of the ratepayers. He fined her 10s., and in default of payment 11 days' imprisonment in the House of Cor rection, The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Par: is about 21 per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.20 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is rather more than 1-10th per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 425 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.51 per £1 stErlin4. Standard gold at the English Mirt price is, therefore, about 3-10ths per cent, dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about 260 per cent., and the premium on gold N 140 per cent. At these rates there is probably a small profit on the importation of gold from the United States. THE ETCIIING CLUB is about to issue volume containing etchings by Hook, Holman limit, Haden; and. Au c i e ll t Redgrave, Creswick, rainier, Sir J. SHELLEY complained of sharp practice on the part of the railway company, the bill having been read in a morning sitting, when parties interested had no opportu nity of opposibg•. He should move next session that no private bill be taken at a morning sitting. Mr S. ESTCOURT said the right hon, baronet might have been present yesterday to oppose the bill. Even now it was not too late, if ho felt so disposed, to arrest its pro gress. Ho thought the hon. member had nothing to com plain of. Mr BOUVERIE urged that parties had not had suffi cient notice, In such cases he thought there should be one clear day's notice of a motion to suspend standing orders, After some farther discussion, it was agreed that the standing order 226 should be suspended, and that the bill should be read a third time to-morrow, DUNDEE CHURCHES AND HOSPITAL BILL, On the motion of Mr C. FORSTER, it was agreed that in the case of this bill the examiner of petitions for private bills should have leave to proceed forthwith. BILLS WITHDRAWN. The Superior Courts of Common Law (Ireland) Bill the Court of Queen's Bench (Ireland) Bill, and the Mar ried Women's Acknowledgment Bill, were withdrawn on the motion of Sir R Peel. UNIFORMITY ACT AMENDMENT BILL. Mr. BOUVERIE, in moving the second reading of this bill, explained its nature and effect. It proposed to repeal the seventh section of the Act of Uniformity of Charles 11., requiring from certain dignitaries of the Church, and fellows and tutors of colleges, declarations of conformity to the Prayer Book. At Oxford and Cambridge there was some difference. At Cambridge there were no oaths or declarations of any kind on admission, and there were none on taking the ordinary degree in arts, but if an undergra duate obtained a scholarship who won a mark,of distinction he had to take the oaths. He had to take an oath of obe dience to the college statutes. Ho did not intend to interfere with that oath where the statutes required it, but he objected to the Parliament or a mere taking the oath of coaformity to the Church of England, whether the statutes required it or not. Secondly, he had to take the oath of allegiance, supremacy, and abjuration; and, thirdly, under the Act of Uniformity, he had to make a declaration that he would conform to the Liturgy of the Church of England. It was this he asked the house to assist him in repealing. The universities were not merely seminaries for the education of priests ; on the contrary, they were essentially lay corpo rations, and the fellowships wero the prizes for literary and scientific energy. The system was injurious to the Church, to the men who were excluded, and to the universities theme elves. Mr. 'WALPOLE said the bill was not of the little im portance the hon member seemed to admit. He saw no reason why it should be pressed upon the house when there was so much opposition to it out doors. The introduction of the principle laid down in the bill would lead to religious confusion to the promoters, and it would draw many from secular education, the foundation of religion on which the education stood, and on which the country was determined it should stand, whatever may be the nature of the educa tion determined upon. He denied the proposition of the hon gentleman that the present system was unjust to the Dissenters, and injurious to the Universities and the Church. A University had been established in London, in which all who did not conform to the Church of England might receive a university education, and by the establish ment of the college the grievances of the Dissenters was almost entirely removed. He moved as an amendment that the bill be read a second time that day threw months. Mr MONSELL complained that Mr Bouverie, by his bill, would inflict a serious injury on Roman Catholics. In a matter of civil rights it would put Roman Catholics on a pinnacle where they might be pelted at by all who differed from them. The right hon. gentleman (Mr Bouverie) had come down with professions of liberality on his lips while perpetrating this monstrous injustice. (Hear, hear.) Ho contended that in the National Univer sities education and religion should not be depreciated, but he should advise the person who differed from the Esta blished Church might be at liberty to 'Guild colleges in the University, where their peculiar system of religion might be taught, while the students might have all the advan tages with regard to examinations and degrees which the University had to bestow. The right bon. gentleman wished to affirm that religion ought not to be the founda tion of education, and if he succeeded he would go on to something else. He (Mr Mensal]) advised the house to resist the introduction of the bill, and to maintain the great p :inciples on which the universities were founded. WHA.LLEY said, the object of the Church was to make its boundaries as wide as possible, and supported the second readu2g of this bill, Mr NE Ai.B was sorry to differ from thobe with whom he usually acted, aztd opposed the bill, which he thought unwise after they had ifjected the larger measure of throw ing open the universities, The house divided — For the second reading.. lOl t Against it.. 157 ri ajorby ........................ —56 The bill was therefore lost. COSTS SECURITY BILL. The order for going into committee on this bill was post poned until to-morrow. • GY DISABILITIES SCOTTISH EPISCOPAL CL ER REMOVAL BILL. Sir W, HEATHCOTE moved the second reading of this bill, and explained the position in which the clergy of the Scottish Episcopalian Church were pl ace d . He stated th a t Tillotson and Burnet, two distinguished p relates of the Church of England, were clergymen of Scottish of Raphoe. At pr esen t a c l ergyman b o p r o d s e e d r s ; a a n d s eboetftoi s r ; the present rest r i c ti ons were op -1 prelate was t rans l ated to the Irish bis Scottish bishop, a bi s h o p o f a c h urc h i n corn dunion with o ur own, could no t be licensed to a curacy or ordainedl2;P a ri instituted to a living in England. He might be the best ma n for the place, but still a bishop would be bound to a dissenter, but ho clergy- reject him. A bishop could not ordain a Scottish Episcopatiaie man, because he recognised his orders t 9 p` SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 o'CLoc:z7. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,—This Day, LIVERPOOL RACES—Tins DAT. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH') SE LLIN G HANDICAP. Hopeless Boeotian GREAT LANCASHIRE PRODUCE STAKES, Gontran Spring Gun His Royal Highness 3 Five ran. SEFTON HANDICAP. _ . Cranbury .. Persuasion .. Juliet Niue ran. 3 TYRO STAKES. Zisca Excel_ler 2 Nine ran. IHPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS.--This Day. The SREAKER did not take the chair until about half. past 12, owing to the difficulty of getting 40 members present. NORTH-WESTERN AND CHARING-CROSS RAILWAY BILL. On the order of the day for the third reading of this bill, changed from the Hampstead, Midland, North-Western and Charing-Cross Railway, It had been said that the Scottish Episcopalian clergymen were inferior in education to those of Exgland, but he thought that when we were obliged to take theological students from St. Bee's and St. Arden's, the English Chuch ought not to throw stones, for the Scottish clergy were educated at the old Scottish Universities, and and also had a special training of their own at Glenalmond. The bill now before the hoase had been thoroughly sifted before the House of Lords, and he trusted it would be sent back with as few amendments as possible. Mr KINNAIRD rose to move as an amendment, — "That a select committee be appointed to inquire how far any privileges which may be conferred upon the clergy of the Episcopal Church in Scotland would interfere with the Treaty of Union between England and Scotland, and into the expediency of removing at the same time from the Ministers of the Established Church of :Scotland the dis advantages imposed on them by the Act 13th and 14th Charles II ,c. 4. The main. object of the bill, he believed, was to open the door for amalgamating the two churches, and it was thought by many it wa intended to be the first step to making the Episcopal Church the Estab lished Church of Scotland. (Cries of "Oh, oh.") He contended that this measure would be of no benefit to the Church of England. These Scottish clergy were not required, for there were at present in the Chracch of Eng land thousand of curates who had no prospect of obtaining ecclesiastical preferment. Mr A. Slam and Mr HADFIELD both rose to second the amendment. Mr WALTER wished to know, whether in the event of this bill passing, a Scottish clergyman admitted to a bene fice in England would be at liberty to go back to Scotland to efficiato there. If the bill were not carefully guarded it would be setting up a sort of spiritual Schleswig...H o p_ stein in Scotland. Mr G. DUFF said that most of the Scottish bishops were in English orders. The bill would not, he considered, iaterfere in any way with the Established Presbyterian Church of Scotland. This was a peculiarly curt question, and he trusted that the odium theologicum would not be introduced. With regard to this being a first attempt to make episcopacy the religion of Scotland, all he had to say was that a more crazy idea never entered the mind of man. (Hear, hear,) Mr NE WDEGATE thought it injudicious to commit the powers proposed in the bill to any individual bishop. Ho should vote for the committee recommended by Mr Kinnai. d. Mr BLACK, as a Scotch member, had great pleasure in supporting the bill, Mr STIRLING rose to express his thanks to the hon. member for Oxford for introducing the present bill, which he was sure would create a feeling of pleasure in the minds of Scotch members generally. Colonel SYKES supported the bill. Mr HADFIELD opposed the bill. Mr LOUVERIE said he should vote for the bill, because it provided simply for a civil privilege, and had nothing to do with spiritual privilege. Mr KINNAIRD said he would not give the house the trouble of dividing. The bill was then read a second time. POOR LAW GUARDIANS' ELECTION BILL. Mr BAINES withdrew this bill. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' BILL. This bill was withdrawn. PETTY OFFENCES LAW AMENDMENT BILL. Mr. WHALLEY moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which was to enable a husband or wife to give evidence when one of them was charged with a petty offence. The SOLICITOR GENERAL opposed the bill. After a short discussion the bill was withdrawn. COUNTY REGISTRATION VOTERS BILL. The order for the committal of this bill was read and die.. charged: ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS AND REGISTRIES (IRELAND) BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. JERSEY COURTS BILL. This bill was withdrawn. POISONED GRAIN PROHIBITION BILL. Mr BERKELEY moved that the house go into com mittee on this bill. An HON. MEMBER moved as an amendment that the Speaker do leave the chair that day six months. (Laughter.) Mr DAWSON said if this bill passed mutton N‘ould cease to exist in Ireland. Mr BERKELEY said his great object, in bringing this bill was not to preserve the lives of foxes, but to prevent the destruction of sheep, pigs, and dogs. The house divided, when there appeared— For the motion 6CI Against it Majority —22 The house then went into committee, and progress was reported. HARWICH HARBOUR ACT AMENDMENT BILL This bill was read a second time. EXPIRING LAWS CONTINUANCE BILL. This bill passed through committee. MILITIA BALLOT SUSPENSION BILL. This bill passed through committee. ELECTION PETITIONS ACT AMENDMENT BILL. This bill was withdrawn. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned. WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS, SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 13. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's steam ship Tasmanian, with the above mails, has arrived here. She brings 183 passengers, 2,178,650 dole. in specie, and 1,340 packages of cargo. Her Majesty's ship Liverpool has been aground off Santo Domingo. She sustained considerable damage to her keel and is coming to England for repairs. The Hispano•Peruvian question still occupied the attention of the people of Chili. It was proposed to erect formidable batteries to guard the entrance to the harbour of Valparaiso. A commission had been appointed to proceed to England for the purpose of purchasing war steamers. In Peru subscriptions were being raised for the purpose of maritime defence. On the 3d ult. a Spanish gunboat appeared in the Bay of Callao, under a flag of truce, and requested permission to anchor and deliver despatches to the Ministers of England, France, and Chili, which was refused. The officer commanding the gunboat then said that he wished solely to treat with the Peruvian Government for the suspension of hostilities, but this was also refused by the Peruvian Govarnment. Charges of Murder and Executions. Yesterday morning a return to Parliament was issued, giving a variety of particulars respecting charges of murder in the United Kingdom within the last seven years, from 1857 to 1863 inclusive. In England during this period 691 persons have been committed and put on their trial, and 246 ac. quitted. Fifty were acquitted as insane, and 30 were found insane on arraignment. One hundred and fifty-three persons were convicted of murder within the seven years; 127 of manslaughter, and 85 of concealment of birth. Ninety-six have been hl l 4o 6 9lz w wo r e en r r were executed. There were more charges of murder in 1862 than in any other of the seven years, and . n ye t a h r e 22 were ted for trial seven more executions last year than Of 29 persons convicted of mur se d uo e ivi r ci l md a e s it t i executed. In 1862, condemned, but one committed ing of his intended execution. e t o x e_c l u B roe 6 nd 3, tted pregnancy In Scotland, of 257 persons on the ground on arraignment 17 o p n ut c o h n ar t g r e ia s l o , of insanity, 2 found i nsanel abie h ••A ' con -4f 43 acquitted , t f e r l d o s 7 9 w a l c eB : se u 7 i homicide or man slaughter, victedof murder, 48 of eu ll of child charged alternately withmur der) and 5 only • (being executed. Between 1857 and 1663 inclusive, 15 persons have slaughter, 29 of concea l ment been hung in Ireland for murder; 548 have been committed for trial on the charge of murder, of whom 384 were put on their trial, and 174 ac quitted; 11 were acquitted on the ground of in. sanity, and 8 found insane on arraignment; 30 were convicted of murder, 148 of manslaughter, and 45 of concealment of birth. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Very steady at thQ pening, Sales probably 5,000 bales. SHIPPING-THIS DAY, LONDON, July 13.—Wind this day at noon—North- Easterly; inoclerae breeze and fate weather, but a little cloudy. NEWPORT, July IL —Wiud N.B.—A.rrivcd — Morentio, from Bristol for Malta—Gustave, from Havre for Havana —Sampson, from Apenrade for Nonte ti ideo. Sailed— Port Glasgow, for Quebec. FALMOUTH, July 12.—Wind fcr Havannah. PLYMOUTH, July 12.—Wind N.N,E.—S a iled—Dover Castle, for Melbourne. DARTMOUTH, July 12.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—British Empire, from Quebec. P—:TOL, July 12.—Wind N,E,—.lrrived—Lady Mul. ,om Natanzae, SECOND EDITION. I Share (3.14, 9.143.1